The UN said that the departure of Edmundo González from Venezuela “is not the end of the crisis”

The departure of the Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez last weekend and His arrival in Spain as an exile “is clearly not the end of the crisis” in Venezuela, according to UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Stéphane Dujarric.

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In fact, The UN remains “very concerned about the situation in Venezuela” following the crisis triggered by the controversial elections of July 28and calls on the authorities to “fully protect human rights,” Dujarric said at his daily press conference.

The spokesman also referred to the siege suffered by the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, where Six opposition leaders are refugees – apparently with water and electricity restrictions – and recalled that there is a principle of inviolability of diplomatic and consular headquarters that is universal.

“It must be respected at all times, in all cases and in all places in the world.“, he recalled, and directly urged the Venezuelan government to “deal with this matter with full respect for the law.”

They ask for mediation through dialogue

Dujarric again urged that the crisis is resolved through dialogue, But when asked about the difficulty of maintaining such a dialogue with such radically opposed positions, he insisted that “We have to continue believing that it is necessary.”

He also said that The UN is not currently involved in any dialogue process, a phrase he has already repeated on other occasions.

The UN sent a panel of electoral experts to Venezuela to monitor the July elections, and although their conclusions are usually confidential for the secretary general, in this case they were made public and said that The elections did not meet the required standards of transparency.

In response, the National Electoral Council, an organization almost monopolized by those close to the Venezuelan government, described the experts’ report as “illegal, contrary to the principles of the UN, violating the Terms of Reference agreed with this Constitutional Power and, above all, riddled with lies and contradictions.”

Since then, the relationship between Venezuela and the UN has been at its lowest point.

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